People Operations and Workplace Manager

The role

You will own the US employee lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding for a multi-state workforce. You will manage US payroll inputs, benefits, leave policies, and PEO administration while coordinating New York office logistics.

What you will do

• Run US onboarding end to end
• Be the first point of contact for US employees on pay, benefits, accesses, PTO and policy questions
• Build and maintain US playbooks, checklists and templates
• Report on US headcount, attrition, PTO and onboarding health
• Run US offboardings with state-specific compliance
• Oversee US health and 401(k) administration with the PEO
• Own US leave and time-off policy
• Prepare and check US payroll inputs including commissions, bonuses, off-cycle payments and severance
• Support the performance and compensation review cycle
• Manage PEO day to day

Required qualifications

• 5 to 8 years in HR operations, People Operations or HR generalist roles
• Hands-on knowledge of US multi-state employment practice: payroll and PTO rules, leave, benefits, acquisitions and contract management
• Very experienced with a PEO, Health benefits and 401(k) administration
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Based on the US East Coast, ideally in New York City

Nice to have

• experience integrating acquired teams
• exposure to international HR or EOR providers

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• meaningful equity participation
• Flexible, remote-first work environment
• €60/month Lifestyle allowance
• Location-specific benefits
• Collaborative, fast-moving team culture
• Clear path for career growth and development
• Direct access to founders and leadership

About the company

Dash0 is an OpenTelemetry-native company building an AI-centric observability platform. It is backed by investors including Balderton Capital, Accel, and Cherry Ventures.